Place card



Feb. 16,1926. 1,573,748

7 s. ROSENSTEIN 7 PLACE CARD Filed May 18, 1925 wmu-ssas I INVENTOR I I by W mm EYS Patented Feb. 16, 1926 UNITED STAT PATENT-OFFICE.

rLAcE Application filed May 18,

To all whom it may concera:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY RosENs'rnIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and'State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Place Cards, of which the following is a full,vclear, and exact description.

This invention relates to place cards and more particularly to an ornamental, attractive and useful device which functions as a place card.

' An object oft-he invention is to utilize as a place card what is known in the trade as I, a matchbook, by modifying or adding to the matchbook improved supports which may be folded flat against the matchbook for a package in shipment, but which when ex tended will serve as props to hold the match book in inclined position, and expose a name or other data to view.

WVith this and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and "combinations and arrangements of parts which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In-the accompanying drawings s Figure 1 is a perspective view, illustrating my improved device in operative position;

Figure 2 is a view in rear elevation, showingthe props folded against the back .of the matchbook; 1 s 1 Figure 3 is a view in transverse section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2. i

1 represents a strip of matches which is normally enclosed in a cover sheet 2. This cover is folded around the lower portion of the match strip and secured by, a suitable device 3, such as an ordinary McGill fas f tener, although my invention is not limited. to the particular manner of connecting the cover and the match strip.

The cover may be made of paper or any other suitable material, ornamented in any desired manner, and folded in the customary manner so as to enclose the match strip and provide a front movable portion 4 which projects under the lower overlapping por- SIDNEY ROSENSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, Y.

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1925. Serial No. 1,130.

tion 2 of the cover to hold the cover in closed position. I

- On the front flap 4 of the cover I may provide a name, such as indicated in Figure l, or I may'ornament the device in various ways so as to provide a space where the name may bewrittenor printed.

Myinvention resides more particularly in the provision of a pair of props 5 which are integral with props 5, 5 are spaced from the lower edge of the package and are integral with the side edges of the back 6, and are adapted to be folded flat agamst the back, as shown 7 in Figures 2 and 8, when it is desired to pack 5' or ship the article, and when the article is desired for usethese props are swung-out wardly or rearwardly at right angles to the back 6, as shown'in Figure 4, so that when the device is supported on its lower edge these props 5 will hold the device at a desired angle so that the name on the front flap of the cover is exposed. o 1

The device as a whole is extremely orna- I mental as well as useful and presents a novel 7 form of place card. I

Various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general form of the parts described without departing from my invention, andhence I, do not wish to limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim. v

I claim:

A place card matchbook, including a strip 5 of matches, a cover matches and also adapted to be opened to expose the matches, a pair of integral props projecting from the outer edges of the back (portion of the cover, spaced from the edge of the cover, and foldable against the back of the cover or atright angles thereto, and when in said last-named position co-operating with the lower edge of the matchbook to hold the matchbook in an inclined position when on'a support. 7

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the back 6 of cover 2. These 6 adapted to enclose the 

